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BattleGround to Breaking Ground program now taking applications
Applications are now being accepted for Cohort 11 of the BattleGround to Breaking Ground program for active-duty military, veterans and others offered through the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service
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City offers free downloadable Accessory Dwelling Unit design plans
ADU | HOU Design Contest Concludes with Free Downloadable ADU Plans
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Campus Chronicles - March 20, 2024
Join the staff and students at Create Fest—an exhilarating arts festival highlighting the talents of Spring Branch ISD Visual Arts! Community members are invited to compete, exhibit, connect, and celebrate on Saturday, April 6, 2024, from 10AM to 2PM at the Altharetta Yeargin Art Museum, Westchester Academy. Don't miss out—be part of the excitement! For details, visit SpringBranchisd.com and join in for a day filled with creativity and fun!
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Outgoing President Obama speaks to supporters one final time
Former President Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of supporters at Andrews Air Force Base Friday afternoon, telling them to keep their hope and optimism under President Donald Trump. READ MORE: http://globalnews.ca/tag/barack-obama/
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Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated against Covid-19
Pop sensation Olivia Rodrigo visited the White House on Wednesday to meet with President Joe Biden and his chief Covid-19 medical adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, to record videos to encourage young people to get vaccinated against the novel coronavirus.
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Austria's Chancellor met with Putin to 'confront' him with atrocities he saw in Ukraine
Austria's Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he went to Moscow to "look in President Putin's eyes and confront him with what I saw" in Ukraine, he told CNN Wednesday.
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Prince Harry returns to UK to be at King Charles’ side - a rare moment of unity amid family rift
Prince Harry has flown back to the United Kingdom to see his father, according to media reports, after the shock announcement on Monday from Buckingham Palace that King Charles III has cancer.
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Artists Respond to Conditions in Harris County Jail and Mass Incarceration in the US
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PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ARTISTS AND ACTIVISTS NOV. 4, 2023, 2:00 PM HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE 4807 CAROLINE STREET, HOUSTON, TX
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Candidate for the U.S. Senate Beto O’Rourke Returns to Harris and Fort Bend Counties For Pre-Fourth of July Town Halls in Pasadena and Rosenberg
El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke will continue his campaign for the U.S. Senate with a return to Harris County and Fort Bend County on Tuesday. He will host town halls in Pasadena and Rosenberg. These two forums were recently rescheduled when the El Paso Congressman returned home to lead a Father’s Day March to Tornillo, an effort to highlight the Trump Administration’s policy of inhumanely separating children from their parents. Since then, O’Rourke has continued to travel the state and hold open dialogues with Democrats, Republicans, independents and non-voters alike.
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Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee Expresses Dismay and Outrage Following the Discovery of a Social Media Group for Current and Former Border Patrol Agents Depicting Graphic and Vulgar Messages about M
Jackson Lee: “This report is just the latest in troubling news from our southern border, and specifically as it relates to those charged with housing migrants. While the purpose of the trip was to inspect the conditions met by migrants—which are in and of themselves deplorable—the news of this Facebook group is troubling, and suggestive of a larger problem about accountability at the facility.
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Ivanka Trump tweets support for Baltimore, doesn't condemn father's remarks
Ivanka Trump expressed her support for the city of Baltimore Tuesday but did not explicitly condemn her father's racially-charged inflammatory tweets aimed at the city.
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Trump is hosting his first women's sports team solo event at the White House
President Donald Trump, for the first time, will welcome a women's sports team to the White House for their own event: the 2019 NCAA women's tournament champion Baylor Bears.
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Entrepreneur Launches Unique Party Supply Company That Caters to Black and Hispanic Children
KIESSE LLC, founded by entrepreneur Linda Kiedi, is a company dedicated to the provision of unique party supplies to African American and Hispanic kids. The company, born out of an urgency to meet needs often overlooked by bigger companies, has recently announced its new range of products and services. Birthed in September 2015, they do much more than provide party supplies; They believe in creating an atmosphere of love, self-confidence and boosting general ethnicity acceptance irrespective of backgrounds. KIESSE LLC, founded by entrepreneur Linda Kiedi, is a company dedicated to the provision of unique party supplies to African American and Hispanic kids. The company, born out of an urgency to meet needs often overlooked by bigger companies, has recently announced its new range of products and services. Birthed in September 2015, they do much more than provide party supplies; They believe in creating an atmosphere of love, self-confidence and boosting general ethnicity acceptance irrespective of backgrounds.
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Capital City Black Film Festival to Honor Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy Winner Louis Gossett, Jr. at the Festival’s 2017 Opening Night Gala
Two World Premieres – “Breaking Brooklyn” and “The Reason” – Featuring Louis Gossett, Jr., Will Be Screened at the Festival
The Capital City Black Film Festival (CCBFF) today announced that Academy Award, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Louis Gossett, Jr., will be honored at the film festival’s Opening Night Gala on Thursday, August 17, 2017, at the Austin Convention Center. This year marks the Festival’s 5th Anniversary of showcasing the best in Black independent film from the brightest minds in filmmaking.
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PHEN Expands National Educational Outreach with Its 2017 Prostate Health Symposiums
With twelve symposiums in nine states completed from April through June, and another 13 scheduled through November, the Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN) is taking its educational efforts to greater heights. The Fifth Annual Symposia is a series of partnerships between churches and PHEN throughout the country. “The symposiums are a cornerstone of our efforts to increase knowledge and awareness for black men who have the highest prostate cancer incidence and mortality rates of all men in the United States,” says Thomas A. Farrington, PHEN president and founder.
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Houston Spotlight: The Al Rucker Foundation
Sometimes when the cards are stacked against you, you have to reshuffle the deck. For entrepreneur Al Rucker, shifting his cards has meant constantly evolving; becoming one of Houston’s most prominent entrepreneurs his chief goal.
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Historic Piney Woods School to Host Commencement Activities May 27
Perennial Strategy Group CEO will keynote the graduation ceremony on Saturday
The Piney Woods School (PWS), once an abandoned sheep shed turned schoolhouse, and now a sprawling 2,000-acre campus, will host commencement activities on May 27. Festivities will take place in the school's Rock Garden Amphitheater beginning with a baccalaureate service at 8:30 a.m., followed by the commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Leading public affairs expert and civil rights advocate, Lamell McMorris, will deliver the keynote address.
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Governor Abbott Hosts Zika Prevention Roundtable In Brownsville, TX
Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt today hosted a Zika prevention roundtable with community leaders and health officials from Cameron and Hidalgo Counties. During the discussion, the Governor discussed collaboration with federal and local partners to ensure the most effective response to travel-related & local Zika transmission in Texas. The roundtable follows a letter sent by Governor Abbott and Dr. John Hellerstedt yesterday to county judges and mayors across Texas regarding Zika prevention.
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“The Weekend Effect” by Katrina Onstad
Zzzzzzzzzip. That was the sound of your last weekend as it passed by, but it probably doesn’t matter anyhow: it was packed with work, To-Dos and obligations, kid’s sports, and more work. Sometimes, you wonder why you even bother. You might as well just go to the office – but first, read “The Weekend Effect” by Katrina Onstad before you zip out Friday afternoon.
